Film news
Featuring the award-winning touring programme, Best of Australian Shorts, with a fantastic line-up of the best Australian short films from the Festival in January this year, Flickerfest makes its' debut at North Sydney's ME Bank Starlight Cinema this Sunday night, 14 March, in the heritage setting of North Sydney Oval.
The programme includes all the highlights from the Australian competition, including the Oscar-nominee Miracle Fish, Berlin's Crystal Bear winner Franswa Sharl, also winner of the Audience prize at Flickerfest 2010 and the off-beat but very funny Celestial Avenue, winner of the Madman Award for Best Australian Short Film at Flickerfest this year.
NORTH SYDNEY
When: Sunday 14 March, from 6.30pm
Where: ME Bank Starlight Cinema
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North Sydney Oval, Corner Miller & Ridge Sts, Nth Sydney
What: Best of Australian Shorts Programme
THE NATIONAL TOURING PROGRAM
BROOME
When: Friday 12 & Saturday 13 March, from 7pm
Where: Sun Pictures
, Carnovan Street, Broome, outdoors under the starry skies
What: International 1 & Best of Australian Shorts Programmes
Info & Bookings: www.sunpictures.com.au
DUNGOG
When: Saturday 13 March - 10.00am, 12.30pm, 3.30pm, & 7.30pm.
Where: The James Theatre, Dungog
What: International 2, Best of Australian Shorts, Oscar Shorts and Short Beats
Info & Bookings: http://www.agog.net.au/; (02) 4992 1191
It may seem hard to believe but the coy, young gentleman above grew up to become the sartorial mastermind behind Madonna’s cone-bra. And that’s not all you have to blame him for - he is also responsible for the genesis of the man-skirt and disturbing glimpses of more Marilyn Manson than you ever hoped to see. But while couturier, costume designer and enfant terrible, Jean Paul Gaultier, has worked with many musicians throughout his career, cinema has long been his true passion. It was the 1944 film, Falbalas, which inspired his foray into fashion and Gaultier himself has worked as a costume designer on movies such as The City of Lost Children and The Fifth Element. Fashionistas and cinephiles can get a glimpse into Gaultier’s film-obsessed world in "Jean Paul Gaultier On Film" at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image. The program includes behind the scenes documentaries as well as a screening of Falbalas .
Jean Paul Gaultier on Film runs from Thursday 11 March - Friday 19 March at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image. Visit www.acmi.net.au for more information on the season.
'A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality.'
It's the sickening repitition of waffly, out of context quotations like this on fridge magnets and cheesy Twitter updates that ensure the 'real' John Lennon is lost amongst a sea of vague, disjointed sentences. Which is why it's so refreshing that Nowhere Boy, the latest film to conceptualise the complicated persona of the founding Beatles member, beautifully avoids the cliches of his character. Thank God. Based on a book by Julia Baird, Lennon's half sister, the film explores the oft ignored mid teenage years of the bohemian prodigy, and the unusual duality of influence that his uptight aunt and wayward mother exerted upon him. Unlike many other cinematic descriptions of Lennon, Nowhere Boy attempts to break lose from the depiction of a hippy, happy-go-lucky dreamer and depict the developing man as he really was; a little uncertain, sometimes arrogant and violent (in the coming years he would physically abuse his first wife Cynthia), but a lonely aching soul who understood the bitter taste of loss and was, above all, exceptionally talented. Check it now at the Dendy, the Palace or Hoyts (and then knowlingly throw in not-so-useful facts about the teenage Johnny at dinner parties... I do).
Book your tickets for Goemon - screening as part of the Japanese Film Festival. "In a time when warlorders battle for power to conquer Japan, ninja-bandit hero Goemon with his super abilities enters to bring hope and justice for the poor. After stealing a box from the treasury of a rich merchant, he disovers that the fate of the country is in his hands."
Packed with CGI and spectacular live-action stuntwork, this period epic is a visual feast. Check out the trailer below.
For tickets bookings and more information click here.
This year, the 13th Japanese Film Festival will be delivering another fantastic line-up, bringing about a rhapsody of film festivity to your local city.
Kicking off from 24 November at Event Cinemas George Street, Sydney, and 3 December at ACMI Cinemas, Melbourne, the annual Japanese Film Festival is in full speed ahead for another exciting year of the latest Japanese cinema.
Opening the festival in Sydney (and closing in Melbourne), is the adorable comedy, The
Handsome Suit. Life is dull and boring for the awkward and ugly Ohki but when he dons
the ‘handsome suit’, he is immediately transformed into attractive male modelHikariyama. Featuring glamorous runway scenes, shot on location at the Tokyo GirlsCollection 2008 Autumn/ Winter show (one of Japan’s biggest fashion labels), thisCinderella-like story is a feel-good comedy for all.
For more information, please visit www.japanesefilmfestival.net.
Speakeasy is a ‘pop-up’ cinema event taking place at the new (St Jeromes) venue 1000 £ Bend.
The Speakeasy program catches films on the sly — titles that might otherwise fall through the cracks at the ‘usual suspects’ — plus they’re bringing shorts back into fashion with shorts screenings before the features … just like the olden days. Speakeasy will always give you a reason to get off your couch. The films screened, focus on underground art/film/literature... Screening between 30 Oct – 6 Nov.
During Anode, Speakeasy and 1000 £ Bend are offering guests the meal deal of a lifetime. Choose between a gourmet ’roo or saganaki burger and either a glass of wine or a bottle of beer to suck on while you watch the film. For a clean $20 pre-sale / $25 at the door, we challenge you to find a cheaper date with the kind of cachet eating off a beanbag lap-tray will give you. Film only: $15 pre-sale / $18 at the door. Head tohttp://www.speakeasycinema.com.au/ for full program details.
